Dr. Dennis R. Deaton

Dennis R. Deaton is the Co-founder and CEO of Quma Learning Systems; the chief designer of Quma’s most sought-after seminars, including Ownership Spirit®, Visioneering, and Destination Thinking for Leaders®; and an award-winning author. Among the clients for whom Dennis has done extensive classroom training are: Boeing, CenturyLink, Charles Schwab, DuPont, Honeywell, Intel, Medtronic, Motorola, Texas Instruments, United Launch Alliance, University of Phoenix and Universal Technical Institute.

Dr. Deaton is a popular speaker at conferences, international meetings, and conventions, and author of five books, including “Ownership Spirit: The One Grand Key that Changes Everything Else,” which was the 2009 National Best Books Award Winner in the Business Motivational category. Dennis received his doctorate degree, cum laude, from Washington University in St. Louis, and is the creator of an internationally-acclaimed human development curriculum taught worldwide in over eight languages.

Dennis has been described as “A man with something to say, and the gift to say it.”